[11/21/13 - 08:52 AM]"Revolution" Hits a Five-Week High with a Week-to-Week Gain of 2% in Total ViewersNBC spins the numbers for Wednesday, November 20.

[via press release from NBC]

Wednesday Primetime Results:

TIME-SHIFTING: Note that last week in L+3, "Revolution" added 47% to its 18-49 rating and "SVU" added 43%.

· "Revolution" (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.2 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) reported a 1.4 in 18-49 in these preliminary fast-affiliate ratings for a sixth week in a row and is running within a tenth of a point of last week's 1.5 in official nationals

· In total viewers, "Revolution" hit a five-week high (5.247 million at 8 p.m., best since Oct. 16 with 5.417 million), pending updates, with a week-to-week gain of 2% (5.247 million vs. last week's 5.166 million in official nationals). Last night's "Revolution" improved by 16% on NBC's time-period average in the slot last season in total viewers (5.247 million vs. 4.509 million).

· L+3: Last week's "Revolution" added 47% or 0.70 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.19 in L+3 from a 1.49 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 37% or 1.896 million persons (7.062 million vs. 5.166 million. L+7: The Oct. 30 "Revolution" grew by 71% or 0.97 of a point in 18-49 going from L+SD to L+7 (to 2.33 from 1.36).

· From 9-10:01 p.m. ET, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1.6/4 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall) matched its highest 18-49 rating since Oct. 16. "SVU" increased its rating half-hour to half-hour in nearly all key measures, with gains of 7% in 18-49 rating (to a 1.6 from a 1.5) and 5% in total viewers (6.1 million vs. 5.8 million).

· L+3: Last week's "Law & Order: SVU" added 43% or 0.68 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 2.27 in L+3 from a 1.59 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 31% or 1.925 million persons (8.088 million vs. 6.163 million).

· From 10:01-11 p.m. ET, a Wednesday "Dateline NBC" (1.1/3 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall) matched its prior two 18-49 ratings this season in this time period and had its highest Wednesday rating so far this season in the key news demo of adults 25-54 (1.6). "Dateline" has generated this 25-54 track in its three Wednesday telecasts to date: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6. It's NBC's highest 25-54 rating in the time period since Oct. 9.